LINCOLN STUDENTS AND ALUMNI URGED TO PRE-REGISTER

The Nov. 4th Fair at Lincoln’s campus in southern Chester County is attracting major hiring corporations, including Acme Markets, and Walgreens.  Admissions officials from some of the nation’s leading graduate and professional schools are also seeking to recruit Lincoln students and alumni.
 
LINCOLN UNIVERSITY, PA – Lincoln University, widely noted for producing leaders to shape the nation and the world, is presenting its successful Annual Graduate and Professional School and Career Fair on Wednesday, November 4, 2009, to create employment and internship opportunities for students and alumni at the historic campus in southern Chester County, PA.
 
The Career Fair will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., inside Lincoln’s main gymnasium at Rivero Hall and is expected to attract over 60 organizations, including major hiring corporations and admissions officials from some of the nation’s leading graduate and professional schools.
 
“In these very challenging times, Lincoln’s Career Fair underscores our commitment to providing our students and alumni with outstanding opportunities to showcase their talents,” said University President Ivory V. Nelson, Ph.D.  “Recruiters are attracted to Lincoln because our students are equipped with the competitive, marketable and leadership skills required for success in graduate school and in the global marketplace.”
 
According to Walgreen, one of this nation’s leading retailers for consumer goods, pharmacy, and health and wellness services, Lincoln is fertile ground for recruiters because of the high quality of the applicants.

Open only to Lincoln students and alumni, the Career Fair is organized by the University’s Office of Career Services, which provides students with individual counseling, and workshop seminars designed to develop students into leaders who will impact positively their communities, the nation and the world.  Students and alumni planning to attend the Career Fair are urged to first pre-register with Career Services in suite 241 of Dickey Hall (ext. 7102), and receive the list of registered companies and graduate schools.

In addition, students should utilize Career Services to help research the companies and graduate schools, assist in preparing an effective resume, and receive tips on dressing and presenting for successful interviews.  
 
Companies and graduate schools interested in participating in the fair can register at 484-365-7102 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Employers and graduate and professional schools seeking to recruit Lincoln students at the Fair, include: Acme Markets, Cigna Corporation, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, CVS, Delaware State Police, Delmarva Broadcasting Company, U.S. Mint Department of the Treasury, Exelon, Fulton Bank, Herr Foods, Highmark Blue Shield, Prudential, State Farm, Walgreens, Drexel University Earle Mack School of Law, Immaculata University, Kutztown University, Montclair State University, Morgan State University, Pennsylvania State University, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Roger Williams University School of Law, Temple University Beasley School of Law and School of Podiatric Medicine.

Lincoln University – founded in 1854 as the nation’s first Historically Black University – combines the best elements of a liberal arts and sciences-based undergraduate core curriculum and selected graduate programs to meet the needs of those living in a highly technological and global society.
Internationally recognized for preparing learners and producing world-class leaders in their fields, Lincoln has created five academic Centers of Excellence – programs of distinctions. They are: Lincoln-Barnes Visual Arts, Grand Research Educational Awareness and Training (GREAT) for Minority Health, Mass Communications, Teacher Education and Urban Pedagogy, and Business and Information Technology.